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Philippe Le Sourd attended film school at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris, but with the intention of becoming a photographer. It was there that his world was suddenly opened up by the power of cinema, and he found himself dreaming of working as a cinematographer and being a part of the film industry.

"Of course, you want to be part of it!

But you don't know how to do it," Le Sourd says. He got a gig as assistant cameraman to Oscar-nominated cinematographer Darius Khondji on Jean-Pierre Jeunet's art-house dark comedy, Delicatessen (1991).

He was a focus puller on Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty (1996).

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Finally, his big break came in 2006 when he was tapped to shoot Ridley Scott's A Good Year. "You have to be patient."

At the 86th Academy Awards, Le Sourd as nominated for Best Cinematography for his work on Wong Kar-wai's martial arts epic, The Grandmaster.

"Wong Kar-wai opened the door to the fact that everyt